DAKAR: (IRIN) - Military forces from 20 countries in West and Central Africa have launched a regional HIV network to share information on combating HIV within their ranks and communities, following the example of other military-led efforts to fight the spread of HIV.

JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) - Sexual abuse is widespread in South Africa's prisons, but the provision of health services to this vulnerable population remains problematic.

Two thousand people are now on the waiting list for antiretroviral medication at Edendale Hospital, which stopped giving new patients ARVs nine weeks ago.